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My girl is here!
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Hello ladies! I'm finally getting the chance to post but my baby was born just over a week ago. Claire Alexandra was born on 4/26 and weighed 8lb 2oz and 21" long.
I was to be induced on Monday 4/29 but on Thursday 4/25 at 40w2d I woke up to a warm gush and knew it was my water. I went to the bathroom and sure enough it kept on coming. I made it back to bed and told DH and he jumped right up. I wasn't feeling anything at this point so I knew we had some time. We took showers and stopped for me to get some food and then made it to the hospital at 4am. They checked and I was 1.5cm and nothing was happening. So the plan was to induce. I got to a room and got the gel inserted at 7am. A couple hours later I got started on the pitocin. I did finally start to have contractions and they were pretty painful. My plan was to get an epidural so I was trying to hold out as long as possible. That evening I think about 7pm I was only 2.5 and decided to just get the epidural because I was in a lot of pain. Then I had about 4-5 hours of feeling amazing before it started to wear off. I wasn't feeling contractions in my stomach but I felt it in my bottom. It was a weird pain and pressure and contractions were consistently a couple minutes apart. By midnight I was only at 4cm. I couldn't believe how long this was taking and how much pain I was still in. They told me labor would start to speed up and it did but it still took me till about 6:30am before I was complete. When I was at 7.5cm I decided to redo the epidural. Unfortunately it had the same effect as the first one. The thing I was surprised about also is that getting checked was horrible. I was so scared of pushing because I still felt like I could feel everything down there. The doctor finally arrived about 7am and I pushed for about 30 minutes. Not gonna lie pushing was awful. At one point my doctor said she was going to do an episiotomy and I screamed no. She said the baby's heartbeat dropped and I had one more chance to get the baby out right now. So that is what I did. I ended up with a 2nd degree tear and I was told it was not that bad. My vision of getting an epi and having this relatively pain free birth just did not happen. The labor was long and hard and just not what I expected but after it was over I was so happy to have my healthy baby girl that I would do it all over again. Claire ended up with jaundice and had to go under the light for a day. We ended up spending 4 nights total at the hospital. My bp got really high during labor and its still not going down so I'm on meds for hopefully only a month until it regulates.
Recovery has been getting better everyday. I don't think the stiches even bother me that much but the dreaded hemmies suck:(. I have been so emotional and overwhelmed but its getting better. I am really sad that bf'ing isn't working out very well also. I had such a hard time getting her to latch. With the help of the nurses and LC at the hospital I was able to get her on but because of the jaundice I ended up supplementing early on. Since I have been home its been impossible to get her back on the breast so I have been pumping and supplementing. My milk didn't even come in until 6 days pp. My dh has been so supportive and helped me to see that the most important thing is that I am happy and not overly stressed about this and she will do fine even if its only on formula. I will continue to try to pump awhile and see how that goes but I don't produce enough right now. The lack of sleep takes a toll for sure but I'm learning to nap with her as much as possible.
On to the pictures of my sweet angel. I am so in love with my little girl 
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Re: My girl is here!
Me:40 AMA, DH:36 0% morph, TTC#1;
BFP#1 4/2011, MMC 6/2011 11wks Trisomy 13;
BFP#2 11/2011, CP
FSH: 17.9, AMH: 2.2
IVF#1 w/ICSI: ER 4/3: 5R,4M,4F
ET 4/6 All 4 (1-8A+, 2-8A-, 1-3A) BFP#3
Two weeks of beta hell = Blighted Ovum
IVF#2 Aug/Sept: ER 8/27: 4R,3M,3F
ET 8/30 (1-8A+, 1-6A+)
Beta#1 9/10: 350; Beta#2 9/12: 796; Beta#3 9/20: 9155
Expecting Boy/Girl Twins! My babies were born 4/23/13 at 36w1d!
Thank you and I can't imagine pumping with twins so good for you. Breastfeeding is so hard and I still feel bad I can't just get it right and ebf. This wasn't my plan but I keep reminding myself my girl is happy and healthy and that's what matters.
BFP #1 - missed m/c 4.18.11 found @8w3d, d&c @13w
BFP #2 blighted ovum found 8.2011 @8w, misoprostol
BFP#3 - missed m/c 6.11.12 @ 9w3d, d&c revealed extra chromosome 15
BFP#4 8.10.12, DD born 4/26/13
ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive. Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)
DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!
TTC 10/11. IUI 2/12. BFP 3/8/12. 4/26/12 missed mc. RE consult 5/17/12. IVF #1 ER 7/13/12 53R, 41M ICSIed, 32F, 8 5d, 6 6d blasts - all PGD/frozen. PGD results 1 normal M and 1 normal F, 1 maybe M. FET 9/6, transferred 1 F embie. Beta 9/15 BFN. FET#2 planned for 11/2012 put off until 2013. Surprise BFP 11/21/12!! My son was born on 7/24/13!
She's adorable. Congratulations!!!
1st BFP-8/17/12! Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US. D&C.
2nd BFP-2/13/13! Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
3rd BFP-5/22/13! By early June, progesterone plummeting. Another loss.
August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
Dear Son born 5/28/14
You are so sweet thank you. I have worried about ppd anyway because of a history of depression and I don't want this to push me over there.
BFP #1 - missed m/c 4.18.11 found @8w3d, d&c @13w
BFP #2 blighted ovum found 8.2011 @8w, misoprostol
BFP#3 - missed m/c 6.11.12 @ 9w3d, d&c revealed extra chromosome 15
BFP#4 8.10.12, DD born 4/26/13
<br /> My Ovulation Chart</a>
DD born 12.21.09, conceived w/ injects and IUI
TTC#2 since Nov 2011
BFP 2.6.12 m/c 6w5d | BFP 5.25.12 c/p
-Back to the RE-
3 medicated IUIs, all BFN
-Taking a break from treatment-
BFP 11.20.12 ~ EDD 7.28.13
My Chart
Me 38 MH 41 - TTC since June 2010 - dx with Severe MFI. Straight to IVF with ICSI. IVF #1 - ER 06/13/12 - 9 Eggs Retrieved - 4 ICSI'd - only 2 fert. 06/15/12 - 2DT - 3 cell & 6 cell with fragmentation. Beta 06/29/12 - IVF #1 = BFN. 07/20/12 - WTF Appt -Told by our RE to quit IVF. Second Opinion from RE is good. IVF#2 - November 2012. Estradiol Pills Started 11/6. Stims start 11/16. ER 11/26 - 7 eggs retrieved - all mature. 4 fertilized with ICSI. ET 11/29 Transferred 3 embryos. Beta is 12/10. 1st Beta 81 2nd Beta 160 and 3rd beta 360!!! First U/S 12/21/12 - We saw one beautiful gest. sac. 2nd U/S is 01/04/2013 - H/B 183 02/05/13 - NT Scan - everything looks good and IT'S A BOY! Aiden was born 08/20/2013.
IVF #2 is in progress. ER was 05/12/14 - 11 eggs retrieved, 8 fertilized with ICSI. ET was 05/15/14 - we transferred 3 embryos as we did on the cycle my son was conceived. We were able to freeze 3 embryos. Beta is scheduled for 05/26/14. 1st beta - 111. 2nd beta - 159 didn't double
3rd beta Friday 5/30) - not a lot of hope left. Beta # 3 is 247 - probably ectopic. Beta # 4 is 813 - possibly vanishing multiple sydrome? 06/05/14 - 5w4days - first U/S - we see a gestational sac and yolk - still have hope! 06/17/14 - 7w1day - U/S and saw and heard the heartbeat - Finally! 06/27/14 - 8w4days - Baby and heartbeat look and sound great 
EDD 02/01/14 and It's a boy!
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
BFP 12/13/12 EDD 8/22/13 Lilah Ruby born 8/8/13
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.